Outrage over Dáil bike shed reveals lack of respect for green infrastructure

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Outrage over Dáil bike shed reveals lack of respect for green infrastructure
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Much of the outrage about the cost of the Dáil bike shelter is down to a lack of respect for gre...

Much of the outrage about the cost of the Dáil bike shelter is down to a lack of respect for gre...Much of the outrage about the cost of the Dáil bike shelter is down to a lack of respect for green infrastructure, one journalist has claimed.

journalist Simon Tierney said he agreed the cost of the bike shelter was excessive but described the outrage excessive. “So, while I accept that obviously the amount of money that was spent here was exorbitant and seems totally over the top, I don’t accept that we apply the same standards of criticisms to infrastructure involving cars.”Outside Leinster House is a car park for use by TDs, Senators and the staff who work for the Oireachtas.“It should be a matter of national and civic pride and yet almost the entirety of it is covered in cars,” he said.

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